Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, inaugurated the first-ever public secondary school in the Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area of Surulere, Lagos State. The newly established Femi Gbajabiamila Junior Secondary School was donated by the former speaker of the House of Representatives to address the long-standing educational challenges faced by…
The US government will impose a “substantial pickup” in sanctions against Russia as the fighting in Ukraine continues, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent’s comments came just before Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due at the White House, in which he said he hopes to discuss “how to deliver” Trump’s “vision of peace”…
An American missionary was kidnapped in Niger’s capital Niamey, three security sources said on Wednesday. The missionary, who is a pilot for the evangelical missionary agency Serving in Mission, was seized by three unidentified men as he headed to the airport on Tuesday night in Niger’s Plateau neighbourhood, a diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Alex Peter, to life imprisonment for armed robbery. Peter was arraigned on December 29, 2022, on two-count of conspiracy and armed robbery. He was also sentenced to nine years for conspiracy. The charge read, “The defendant and others at large on…
Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says it will be difficult for any future leader to succeed in Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu fails to deliver on his mandate. In an interview with TVC on Tuesday, Sani said Tinubu has a “historic opportunity” to reshape the destiny of the country, noting that Nigeria is…
A bill to make the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies’ elections same day has scaled second reading in the upper legislative chamber. This is one of the demands contained in the amendment bill to repeal the Electoral Act 2022 and enact a new Electoral Bill 2025. The bill,…
The Osun State Government has announced the appointment of Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, as chairman of the Osun Sports Trust Fund. The government said the move was aimed at raising funds to transform the state sports sector. It also reaffirmed its commitment to completing the ongoing renovation and rehabilitation of the…
The bail hearing for the lawyer to detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and his brother, Emmanuel “Fineboy” Kanu, was on Wednesday stalled at the Kuje Magistrate Court following the failure of the Nigeria Police Force to appear or file a counter affidavit. The matter, which came up before Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’I’d,…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to confirm the appointment of Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, as chairman of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) board. In a letter read at Wednesday plenary by Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, Tinubu said the nomination was in line with section 116 of…
The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested a serving soldier and a vigilante commander for allegedly killing a woman for ritual purposes in Mubi North Local Government Area of the state. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the arrest followed a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Mubi North at about 12:00…